The Boeing Company

Dehwei Oliver Hsu

John Walter Pringle, Iv

Angelica Davancens

Derek Adam Nelson

Ryan Vutha Touch

Steve Andres Sandoval

A robot end effector for dispensing an extrudable substance comprises a chassis and cartridge bays, attached to the chassis and each shaped to receive a corresponding one of two-part cartridges. Robot end effector also comprises a dispensing valve, attached to the chassis and comprising a valve inlet and a valve outlet, in selective fluidic communication with the valve inlet. Robot end effector further comprises a manifold, comprising a manifold outlet and manifold inlets. The manifold outlet is in fluidic communication with the valve inlet. Robot end effector additionally comprises a plunger assembly, comprising pairs of plungers. Plunger assembly is arranged to concurrently extrude contents of the two-part cartridges through the cartridge outlets when the two-part cartridges are received by the cartridge bays. Robot end effector also comprises a non-rotating linear pneumatic actuator, configured to selectively move the plunger assembly relative to the chassis.

Robot end effector for dispensing an extrudable substance

A robot end effector () for dispensing an extrudable substance () comprises a chassis (), a static mixer (), and cartridge bays (), extending from the chassis (). Each of the cartridge bays () is shaped to receive a corresponding one of the two-part cartridges (). Fluidic communication between the selected one of the two-part cartridges () and the static mixer () is established when the cartridge bays () are rotated about an axis () to a predetermined orientation with respect to the chassis (). The robot end effector () also comprises a dispensing valve (), attached to the chassis (), and a head assembly (), comprising an inlet manifold (). The inlet manifold () is configured to selectively supply compressed air from a pressure source () to contents of a corresponding one of the two-part cartridges ().

Robot end effector with rotating barrel for dispensing an extrudable substance

A robot end effector for dispensing an extrudable substance comprises a chassis and cartridge bays, attached to the chassis and each shaped to receive a corresponding one of two-part cartridges. Robot end effector also comprises a dispensing valve, attached to the chassis and comprising a valve inlet and a valve outlet. The valve outlet is in selective fluidic communication with the valve inlet. Robot end effector further comprises a manifold, comprising a manifold outlet and manifold inlets, which are in fluidic communication with the manifold outlet. Robot end effector additionally comprises a plunger assembly, comprising pairs of plungers and arranged to concurrently extrude contents of the two-part cartridges through the cartridge outlets. Robot end effector also comprises an electric motor, attached to the chassis and configured to selectively move the plunger assembly relative to the chassis.

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